“An official resigned as chairman of a county board in Michigan, the latest fallout from his decision to give himself a $25,000 bonus with federal COVID-19 relief money and reward others in the community,” the Associated Press reports.

“Jeremy Root (R) will remain one of seven Shiawassee County commissioners but will no longer lead the board.”

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) will announce that all city employees will be required to get vaccinated against COVID-19, the New York Times reports.

An Alabama city councilman referred to a fellow city council member as a “house n—-r” at a meeting, AL.com reports.

Said Tarrant councilman Tommy Bryant (R), who was captured on a video: “Do we have a house n—-r in here? Do we? Do we? Will she please stand up.”

Bryant apparently made the remark in reference to fellow city council member Veronica Freeman, who is Black.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and state lawmakers “quietly approved the funds weeks ago, and the money has stayed under the radar ahead of a pivotal Oakland City Council vote Tuesday on the stadium’s future — a decision that the A’s and Major League Baseball insist could determine whether the team remains after 53 years in the city,” Politico reports.

“The bigfooting of local officials accelerated as the pandemic turned public health decisions into political minefields, but it also also touched on other wedge issues, like police funding, gun control and climate change,” Politico reports.

“The move by GOP lawmakers represents a sharp ideological shift for a party that has long championed states rights and local control. Republicans, their influence growing in statehouses and shrinking in cities, see an opening to extend their reach into urban centers. And Democrats, typically the targets of these preemption laws, fear they could be left powerless.”

“As the national economy recovers from the pandemic and begins to take off, New York City is lagging, with changing patterns of work and travel threatening the engines that have long powered its jobs and prosperity,” the New York Times reports.

“New York has suffered deeper job losses as a share of its work force than any other big American city. And while the country has regained two-thirds of the positions it lost after the coronavirus arrived, New York has recouped fewer than half, leaving a deficit of more than 500,000 jobs.”